Big Cliff

Well happy birthday young man, I hope your day was just a start for a great year to come😊

So much tallent, I would almost hate to use them, they should be in a frame on the wall 🤗

Very cool, I like it😊

Way to go young man, sure wish I had the mobility to fish those rivers again but those days are long gone. Love seeing posts about it though, brings back some wonderful memories😊

Let me know shortly please 😊

Really enjoying all the information being shared here, it's a big investment for me and I really don't want to end up with the wrong unit.

I really appreciate all these reviews, I am beginning to think I should just bite the bullet and invest in one. Knowing I would only be using it for ice fishing and small backwoods lakes, charts and GPS are not important to me, which modle would you suggest and why? (there seems to be a lot of options)

Very generous offer Geoff, thank you but won't you be needing it? That Helix 5 looks like it would be perfect for what I want. I figure I have about three weeks before Simco will have enough ice to get out to the perch grounds.

Looking for recommendation on a portable fish finder. Mostly I want to use it for ice fishing but it would be handy for fishing small backwoods lakes. I can't afford to spend a lot on something with a lot of bells and whistles that I will never use. Gps might be nice and if it had a flasher mode that would be a bonus, but I don't need charts and stuff. Anybody got a used one that is in good working condition I would consider that as an option. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Will that handle the high heat Dan?

Pressure canning is the only SAFE way to do meat and fish Some really good information here.

This weeks deals: Food Basics, fresh New Zeland short cut leg of lamb $4.88/lb Loblaws, prime rib roasts cap off $5.77/lb The Wholesale Club (formerly National Groceries), Spalding bacon 500g $1.97 ea.

Dang, never thought about them being endangered, guess I won't be smoking any. Has anyone tried smoking ling, that might work.

When I was a kid (around 1952 or 3 ) we use to fish a little creek in Quebec that ran into the Lake of two mountains. We caught all sorts of things but I do remember us catching some large eels. Quite often people would stop and buy them from us I think the going rate was 5-10 cents for a nice one. I never see or hear of anyone catching them anymore. I would love to get my hands on some to smoke, I had smoked eel in Belgium and absolutly loved it. Anyone know where I might fish for them in Southern Ontario?

2Rs so nice to see you posting 😊

You young guys have it all wrong.... first you buy her something you KNOW she would really like (the more expensive the better) and you wrap it up and put it under the tree but mark it "from santa". Then you buy whatever it is that you really wanted (if you are smart it will be worth a little less than wife's gift) put that under the tree and act all surprised when she opens hers and then you open yours. 😊 Don't ask me how I know but it works every time. You are welcome 😉

It really makes you wonder why they are having so much trouble getting WHO, FDA, and others to listen to them.

With prices going up on almost everything and with the increased carbon tax set to go up significantly food costs are going to go through the roof. Watching for these specials is going to become even more important. A couple of weeks ago Valuemart had beef tenderloins on for $5.99/lb, I wish I had loaded up on those, that's cheaper than stewing beef. This pork sholder will yield almost 20 meals, not bad for about $10.00.

It did feel really good Steve, I kept thinking to myself that for someone to send a gift card for groceries, the person it was meant for must really need it. Because it was in an envelope that pretty much identified it as a Christmas card I worried that the post office might just set it aside as not too important. I was amazed that the gift card was still in the envelope anyway, the flap just wasn't sealed down. Glad you had a somewhat similar end result, so many people would just stick it in their pocket and consider it their good luck.

Pork sholder bone in, cryovac pack (about 12 lbs) $0.99/lb at Valuemart. I just picked one up to make pulled pork which can be vacpacked in smaller portions.

Well I got to play Santa yesterday. I went to get my mail and there were two Christmas cards in my mail box, the street address on the cards was right but I didn't recognize the names. One of the cards wasn't sealed and there was a $150.00 gift card in it for grocery stores, I'm not sure what was in the other card but there was something in it too. I checked with our office here in the park thinking perhaps someone had just written down the wrong street number but they didn't recognize the name either. There was a return address on the card but I was afraid that if they went back to the post office who knows where they might have ended up so I decided to try to contact the sender. Well easier said than done, I checked for phone numbers for the name on the return address, no luck. Then I googled the address and in street view found out that it was a modular home park and there was a sign "Georgina Heights" . I googled that and sure enough there was a phone number, only problem is that this park was in Cornerbrook BC but the phone number was 519 area code (Southern Ontario). I tried calling the number just in case it was a management office but no luck, it was the wrong number. Well, I did have the last name of the addressee and a first initial but when I tried calling the only phone number I could find it was no longer in service. Well I kind of felt funny about reading the card but the envelope wasn't sealed so... the message in the card had a different first name so I did another search using the first name of the person mentioned in the card and got a local phone number. I called and a gentalman answered, I asked if he knew someone in Cornerbrook BC and he kind of hesitated so I explained I had some mail that had been sent to me by mistake and was trying to redirect it to the proper person, I didn't want to divulge too much until I knew I had the right person. Well it turns out that yes his sister lived there and the name matched the return address name. It turned out that his address is 11 Homewood, mine is 11 Homestead, his sister had just written it down wrong. Anyway it is only about 20 minutes drive over to his place so I ran the cards over to him. So, it took me about two hours total but I got to see someone enjoy a Christmas present they might never have received otherwise and I got to feel like Santa Claus 😊

I started reading it and went WHAT? Then I saw the date and went DAM 😊

I just tried it using chrome, no issues

Well, at my age and dealing with the after effects of the virus since last February my only question is; do I need the vaccine or do I already have some degree of immunity? With the limited supply available I would hate to take a dose that I don't need when someone else could use it. I think they need to make the antibody test available so that doses don't get wasted where not needed. As for "long term" well at 74 my time is limited anyway, not that I want to rush things but....

This is out little heater installed. It does a wonderful job.